After losing Rs 30,000 in gambling, a father has tried to pay it off by agreeing to marry off his under-aged daughter with the son of the man he lost to. His 9-year-old daughter is being married off to the 30-year-old son of the man he lost to on Sunday as per the settlement, news reports said.

The Doti chapter of Women’s Rights Forum Deepa Shrestha told Kantipur Daily that Dil Bahadur Mahara of Kafallekhi-8 in the remote Doti district promised to give his daughter’s hand for marriage after losing in gambling. However, the name of the person who won and his son that is going to marry the girl has not been disclosed.

Inspector Dilip Deupa of the District Police said that a police team has been sent to the village to investigate the case. Kafallekhi lies at a distance of 4 hours walk from district headquarter Dipayal. nepalnews.com ag Feb 03 08